Heh, heh, heh! Looks like YOU'RE the fool! (Again. Better get used to it!)
In the Conservative Index, posted by The New American Magazine...which "rightwing2" assures me is the DEFINITIVE rating system for conservatives, Ron Paul virtually always finishes near the top.
Ron Paul...the prototypical conservative
From that post:
TOP "TEN" CONSERVATIVE LIST based on 2001 Conservative Index scores published in The New American magazine:
US House
1. Rep. Tancredo (R-CO) 95%
2. Rep. Paul (R-TX) (former Libertarian) 92%
3. Rep. Schaefer (R-CO) 90%
4. Rep. Hostettler (R-IN) 88%
5. Rep. Royce (R-CA) 84%
6. Rep. Rohrbacher (R-CA) 83%
7. Rep. Sensenbrenner (R-WI) 81%
8. Rep. Duncan (R-TN) 79%
9. Rep. Barr (R-GA) Rep. Goode (R-VA) (former Democrat) Rep. Pombo (R-CA) all tied for 9th place with a 78% conservative rating.
US Senate
1. Sen. John Kyl (R-AZ) 74%
2. Sen. Jesse Helms (R-NC) 72%
3. Sen. Robert Smith (R-NH), Sen. James Inhofe & Sen Voinovich (R-OH) 70%
4. Sen. Strom Thurmond 69% (former Democrat)
5. Sen Phil Gramm (R-TX), Sen. Campbell (R-CO) (both former Democrats) & Sen. Frank Murkowski at 67%
6. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS), Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) & Sen. Bob Bennett (R-UT) at 65%
Read it and Freep! You apparently don't know your conservatives! That comes from you not recognizing that virtually NO Republicans are interested in the goal that you SAY you are striving for...returning the government to the size it was prior to the New Deal. (You certainly won't get there with the federal War on Drugs, by the way. As was pointed out, federal laws against marijuana are NEW DEAL laws. So I guess FDR is your fave, after all.)
Ron Paul didn't dare run as a conservative, because he isn't a conservative. Paul is a libertarian, who chose to run in a district that has 60% Democratic Party voters. Ron Paul, a good old fashioned liberal-libertarian. Hehehehehehehe
How many Libertarian's are in the House. One In the Senate. Zero In Governorships, zippo